Cindy McCain's Half-Sister: I'm Voting For Obama

Cindy McCain's half-sister tells Us Magazine that she won't help put her famous sibling in the White House:

"I'm not voting for McCain," Kathleen Hensley Portalski tells Us. "I have a different political standpoint.

"I'm voting for Obama," the Phoenix resident says. "I think his proposals to improve the country are more positive and I'm not a big war believer."

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Portalski's son Nathan, an aerospace machinist, is also backing Obama.

"I wouldn't vote for John McCain if he was a Democrat," he tells Us. "I would not vote at all before I'd vote for him.

"I question whether Cindy is someone I'd want to see in the White House as first lady," he adds.

Portalski went public with her connection to the McCains after hearing Cindy say on the trail that she was an only child.

"I'm upset," she told NPR. "I'm angry. It makes me feel like a nonperson, kind of."

"It's terribly painful," Portalski added. "It is as if she is the 'real' daughter. I am also a real daughter."

The Washington Post subsequently reported that Cindy has another half-sister who seems to have slipped her mind:

Before her marriage to Hensley, Johnson had a daughter, Dixie Burd, by a previous relationship. Burd, who is much older than Cindy, could not be reached for comment.

Comments

[mary82]

No wonder Johnny do not care whether he destroys the world, I have been trying to figure that out for quite some time now. I mean his kids, wife, mother, and relatives, all knows he has some kind of mental imbalance, and frankly do not want to be bothered with him. I can only imagine that he has to be a very frustrated, lonely little old man, living in a world that only consist of him and Cindy. he is also disgusted by the fact that he wanted to be a hero, and not a POW.

[way out left in san francisco]

2 more votes. I hope the MSM picks up this story. They certainly have dug in every far corner of BO's life to find scandal and family dissent. However they uncovered nothing. Instead they have found that BO's life and his families fulfills the American Dream.

[aflyinyoursoup]

Forget about the MSM..........Just ain't gonna happen!

[dtrain51]

Amen

[blue42]

the problem is mcsame and wife reminds repugs and their fans of ozzie and harriet a time when a black knew thier place and being white give you privledge. isn' that what "white working class blue collar" men and women want in this country?. and the obamas remind them of a world where they are irrelevant.

[AFPISCES]

Now we know which sister go all the smarts!!!

[GaiusLucilius]

Gotta love those Republican family values! If it means more money for you to heard, conveniently ignore your own blood.

Kind of like the "I got mine. The rest of you can go die for all I care" Republican attitude about our American family.

[TheAlchemist]

Nice reply to Johnny's BigMacAttack on O for having a half sib living in a shack somewhere...family values indeed...

[GaiusLucilius]

Direct quote from the latest news:
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The article implied that Barack, 47, had abandoned his half-brother. The Republican campaign picked up on this and used it to attack the presidential candidate, saying he does not care about family.

“They were portraying the wrong story,” Mr Obama said. “I’ve pretty much had a good life. I think I’ve lived OK. There’s not much I’ve lacked in life. I don’t live on a
dollar per month, that’s not logical. I’ve never lived in the streets. Those guys were tarnishing the Obama name.”***

Hope this helps!

Works Sourced/Cited:
1)
"Obama's brother sets the story straight"
http://www.thenational.ae/article/20080827/FOREIGN/164501803/0/tools

[GaiusLucilius]

Hi TheAlchemist,

As you may suspect by now, I was waiting for some little Republifishy to come along and take my bait. So I'm a-reelin' in my line.
The backstory:

1)Cindy McCain's dad, Jim Hensley, left her mother for a new model. [Note the parallels with John McCain leaving his wife for Cindy--poison apple doesn't fall far from the tree!]
2) Jim Hensley left no money to his first daughter.
3)His other daughter, Kathleen Portalski, practically cries out for Cindy to share the inheritance and help pay her son's tuition. Cindy does not lift a manicured finger to help.

compare to Obama:
1) Unlike Cindy, Obama fully acknowledged his brother years ago, in his autiobiography.
2)Obama's brother does not indicate that he needs any money. He is happy with his life and is full-throated in support of his half brother.
3)Obama's income is self-made, unlike Cindy's fortune, which was inequitably distributed just because her father liked his new family better and was basically a sperm donor for family one.

Glad to be of service--C­hurch-goin­g, family-valuin' Christian NO LONGER SUPPORTING John McMarriedWell

Sources:

1)"Cindy McCain's Half Sister 'Angry' She's Hidden"
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=93708729
2)"Obama's brother sets the story straight"
http://www.thenational.ae/article/20080827/FOREIGN/164501803/0/tools

[Casbah]

A McCain forgetting family members? What a, uh, surprise. John McCain certainly forgot all about his first wife who waited for him while he was a POW, and then abandoned her while she was ill. Just like other Republicans like Newt Gingrich and Bob Dole. Not a stretch John-Boy would marry another selfish person. Way to go, Cindy!

[GaiusLucilius]

And don't forget that Cindy's dad did the same--hooked up with her mom, a nurse at a hospital where he was for treatment, and left his wife and daughter.

So-called family values!

[honeydiva]

oh my...did it hit mainstream yet...if ever!

[BabsfromKansas]

this is rather chilling also:

"In addition, Meghan, Jack and James, the biological children of Mr. and Mrs. McCain, each have 7.73 percent of Hensley & Company.

Andy McCain, 45, the senator’s stepson, has 6.8 percent.

Bridget McCain, the McCain’s adopted daughter, has shares worth 3.4 percent."

http://www.tnr.com/politics/story.html?id=e0b42753-0d7e-4be0-9b6b-d4a626e8d4e9

[JulieSA]

What is chilling about that? Just curious.

[ShamusNYC]

I think that Bridget is also the youngest...

3.4% is still a lot of money, and there's probably more in the will

The real sad story is how Mr. Hensley treated his two other kids.

[hotstuff]

mr. Hensley? How about Cindy Mccain? Her own sister told the whole world she was the only child of Mr. Hensley! This must be so hurtful for her own sister to say she doesn't exist!

[BabsfromKansas]

[maxwellinformed]

McGitmo lost another vote.

[MikePS65]

Interesting quote - "I wouldn't vote for John McCain if he was a Democrat." Neither would I, for the same reason I couldn't vote for George W. Bush back when I was a Republican. I just couldn't vote for someone who I thought was intellectually unqualified to hold the highest public office in the country and the most powerful job in the world.

John McCain admitted in an interview that his flipflop on the Confederate flag issue was "worse than waffle." When asked why, he said he took his original position for "all the wrong reasons, for ambition." In the absence of intellectual curiosity, one can still function with doctrine. McCain believes only in McCain. It's about 6 minutes into this video, if you don't believe me... "http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y395Tftgz0E&NR=1)

Besides being on every side of the issues depending on the room he's in, McCain's just not all that bright, folks. That's the bottom line. He has nothing in his head, and only himself in his heart.

[gevan]

That's a MAVERICK! Never met an issue that he couln't wander away from his position.

[Lion24]

You are brave to come forward, Kathleen, and express your support for Sen. Obama.

Your courage is inspirational. Kudos and congratulations.

[Tropiholic]

I forgot how many homes I have and siblings too!

[Fight4USA8]

....Charlie Black, senior adviser to Senator John McCain said:

....In an interview with Time Magazine, "another terrorist attack in the United States" would be a big advantage for Mr. McCain in the upcoming election. "

...When are the McCain's supporters are going to be educated?

....Putin said, the "Georgian conflicted started on purpose to help McCain win the presidency, Putin is right.

....McCain's friends and the majority in Congress say that the man
is unstable and dangerous.

....People this is not about McCain's party, it's about protecting the USA & the World from this mad man.

Please CLICK OR COPY & PASTE in your browser the links below

McCain Adviser Regrets Terrorism Remark - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com

http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/08/28/russia.georgia.cold.war/

http://www.military.com/opinion/0,15202,164859_1,00.html

[Last-LiberalRepublicans]

I AGREE 100%!!

WHEN IS MY PARTY GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE REAL BREAD & BUTTER ISSUES instead of trying to push Iraq and Pow in our face Every Day??

"FLIPPER" John McCain START RUNING ADS TALKING ABOUT YOUR PROPOSALS, HOW YOU WILL PAY FOR IT without adding to our National Debt ETC!!

Source CNN Money June 11, 2008 Google Obama McCain Tax CNN Money

In real terms Obama is giving a tax cut to the bottom 98.5% of the population, under $227K/year. In the income bracket between $227K & $603K he is only increasing your tax burden by $12.

McCain is giving more of a tax cut to the top 15% of the population & Obama is giving more of a tax cut to the bottom 75% of the population, under $112K/year.

So Obama bats for the bottom 75% of the population while McCain bats for the top 15%.

The Fabulous Life Of John… MAKE IT VIRAL!!

CLICK> http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=_7PfSEtiXPw&eurl=http

[LoloZ]

This should be all over the MSM!!!

[nmjangirl]

Please post this everywhere you can....get the word out!!!!

[JScott]

Would be interesting to see how many others of the 'oppositions' relatives are voting for O.
Bushes, Rove, Cheney relatives let us know.
For that matter all the other RW talking heads relatives in the media-Seans parents, Anns Brother, Rush's cousins, Billos Aunt...let us know.

[honeydiva]

that twin may if her mother doesn't smack her...lol